Cash register, accounting, and the like machine



May 16, 1939. F. RANGLACK 2,158,150

CASH REGISTER, ACCOUNTING, AND THE LIKE MACHINE Filed Oct. 14, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 fflvenzor Franz Ranglack H is lf/arrrey y 1939- F. RANGLACK 2,158,150

AND THE LIKE MACHINE CASH REGISTER, ACCOUNTING.

5 Sheets-Shet 2 Filed Oct. 14, 1935 Unventor Franz Ranghck Hi1 Attorney May 16, 1939. F. RANGLACK 2,158,150

AND THE LIKE MACHINE CASH REGISTER, ACCOUNTING.

Filed Oct. 14, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 His 41%,,

Patented May 16, 1939 eATEn-T oF rcE oAsn REGISTER, ACCOUNTING. AND THE,

. LIKE' MACHINE.

Franz Ranglack, Essen-on-the-Ruhr; Germany; assignor to The-National Cash-.Reg1'ster- Gum-1 11311355, Dayton, Ohio, a corporation of Maryland Application October. 14, 1935-, Serial No. 44,835.

Y In Germany November 27,1934.

5 Claims.

The invention relates to a cash register, ac-

countingand the like machine and more particularlyto a. check issuing'device of such a machine adapted for single amount and multiple item transactions as shown and described in the copending United States application Serial No. 758,-

069 of December 18; 1934; Patent No. 2,116,779,"

issued to ErnstgBreitling on May 10, 1938.

In such itemized check issuing machines a lihcheck. issue disabling device is provided which is rendered efiective, in certain transactions.

The main object of the invention is. to prevent disabling the check. issue with a. machine operation started.

Another objectof the invention is to render the disabling meansinefiective when entering a multiple item. transaction, although. they. are efiective in single. amounttransactions. of the same kind.

Another objectof theinvention. is to automatically lock. settable means. controlling said ,dis-

abling means. I v Further objects of. the invention will. be pointed out in the-following detailed description withreferenee tothe. annexed. drawings. 7 v A preferrediormoi anv embodiment of the inventon is shown. in the annexed drawings.

Of. said. drawings,

Fig. l: is a cross section. through the. printingand; paper strip fe ding. device,

Fig. 2-. shows in; a side. view. a transaction key By; the. keys. 10a, 10b. (Fig. 2) of the transaction key bank when depressed a control disk ll (Figs. 2 and 3:) is adjusted by means of the" differential members H to. 18 (Fig. 2).

A lever it pivoted on a stationary stud l-3', has

arranged thereon a roller l2 bearing against the control, disk I. 1 under the action of the spring l5;

The right hand. arm ofthe lever l4 has a slot Hi to receive a pin H ofan arm I8 pivoted on'cross rod I 9. The-said arm I8 is connected by a sleeve to. an arm 20, a pin 2|: of which extends into the path ofafl'ange of a link 22. The right hand end of the link 22 is linked to an arm 24' pivotal at 23' and having an extension 2-5 engaging under the action of a spring 280 a pin 26 of a key controlled bar 2-1. The left hand end of the link 22 is joined to an intermediate link 28- pivoted on a stud 29' oi." arm 3t, pivoted on cross rod 32. Under the action of aspi ing 30- a roller 33 of the arm 31 engagesthecircnmference of the cam disk 35) fast onithe. shaft. 34".

For. printingand issuin a h k durin amachine. operation, an antifrictioh roll 351' (Figs. 1 and 3) eccentrically mounted on shaft 36 is pressedjtowarda.feed'rollj 39 fast on. shaft 38 by the linkjz8'; rocked Qounter-clockwisely into the path of'astud'v 4]); connecting an arm 42 pivoted onfa cross rod 4] to a. link. 43. The lower end of the link 43; is pivotally connected to. an arm 44 t on haft. 3.6; When. he l nk. Z8: is po ition as shown in Fig. 5 and during the following maine. op ra on. t e shaft 34' with the cam. disk 35 's. ota din. ounter-clo kwis dir ction, the. m disk. rocks. t ro gh he m inm. f the roller. 33,,Qtharrn 3| in QQlllliET-CIQCkWiSQ direct o .t e saidarmcaus n by means of the link 28. andthe pin Ml, the arm 41 and, .by. means of the link t3, thearm. 44 and in connection therewith the shaft 3,6 to ro-tate in counter-clockwise direc tion. By this counter-clockwise rotation of the shaft3$f the antifriction. roll 31 is pressed toward the feed. roll. 39'', so. that. during the machine oper-.

ation the rotated feed rolls 31, 39 advance the check strip inrelationto the printing, hammer 8.!" (Fig. I). When the link 218 ispositionedas per Fig, 3 it can not carry. along the parts 40,, 42 to 44 when he a m 3|. rocked b the cam disk, 3.5. in unt r-c bckw se direction durin a a in operation. the antifriction roll 31 is not enabled to be'pressed. toward the feed roll 39, so, that also the che k strip 8.". is not fed to the printing point;

The check issueis disabled in that the roller i2 enters a recess in the control, disk H. In this,

position the control di k. H, is moved upon depressing ofa Cash key Fig. 2H). If, however, a keyPaid on account (R), Paid out (A), Charge? (C), Cash total (8*), Total paid on account (SR) and Total charged? is depressed, a full portion of the control disk I l. is moved beneath the roller l2 (Fig. 3). Thereby the lever I4 is rocked clockwisely and the arms l8. and 20 counter-clockwisely. At this time the pin. 2| of r the arm 20 shifts the, link 22' to the left and renitem key 45 has to be depressed. On the stem of this key 45 a pin 48 is arranged cooperating, when the key is depressed, with a bevelled edge 41 of the key detent 2'! and moving it upward. Thereat its pin 26 rocks the nose 25 of the arm 24 and thereby the arm 24 itself in counterclockwise direction against the action of the spring 28!), moves the link 22 to the left, and the link 28 into the path of the pin 48. The multiple item key 45 is held depressed during the whole multiple itementry operation and is released only during the machine operation for taking the multiple-item total. Thus, with the structure shown in Fig. 3, a check is always issued in multipleitem machine operations independentof the classfof transaction.

According to the modified form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, the issue of'che'cks for single amount sales may be eifectedat 'will by setting a control lever 48 to one of its set positions. The latter is pivoted on a stud 49 and has fixed a disk 58 the notches 51 0f which can be engaged by a locking pawl 52 under the action of a spring 53. The extension 54 of the locking pawl 52 has attached thereto a roller'55 faced with the machine at rest, by recess 56 in a looking disk 58 fast on a shaft 51 enabling the control lever 48 to be displaced at will. When however, the machine is operated, an unmutilated portion of the locking disk58 passes beneath the roller 55 and prevents the locking pawl 52 from moving in clockwise direction. Thereby the control lever 48 is latched in the position set to. e

The control lever 48 has a curved slot 59 engaged by a pin 60 of an arm 62 pivoted on stud The arm 62 has linked thereto the right hand end of the link 22. When the control lever 48 in Off position (compare Fig. 4),the link 28 is out of the path of the pin 40. v When the control lever 48 is moved out of this position in counterclockwise direction and into the On position,

the cam slot 59 rocks the pin 60 and in connection therewith the arm 62 in counter-clockwise direction and moves the link'28 into the path of the pin 40. v

In the modified construction shown in Fig. 4, the arrangement is made so that independent of the control lever 48 a check is issued for multiple item entry operations. 1 For this purpose, the control lever 48 is provided with an extension 63 con tacting, with the control lever 48 in Off positime an itemizing operation is initiated.

In the modified form as per Fig. 5 the issue of a check is not compulsory for any operation, but for multiple item entry operations the check printer is enabled and disabled at will. Pro- "vision is made only to the effect that the control lever is prevented from being displaced'during a multiple item entry operation. In this manner the issue of defective checks is prevented because once a multiple item entry is begun, the

check feed cannot be changed from Off to On or ,vice versa.

For this purpose on the projection 54 of the locking pawl 52 a pin 66 is arranged. Upon depressing the multiple item key 45 the pin 46 co- While the form of mechanism hereinshown and described, is admirably adapted to fulfill the 'objects primarily stated, it is to be understood and multiple item transactions, the combination of transaction keys, a multiple item key, a check issuing means, a mutilated disk differentially set under control of the transaction keys, an interponent set into eifective position under control of said disk when a check is to be issued bysaid, check issuing means and into an ineffective position when no check is to be issued, means to operate the interponent to renderthe check is-' suing means effective,'and means adjustable by the depression ofthe multiple item key to move the interponent into effective position when set into ineffective position under control of the mutilated disk and transaction keys, whereby a check is always issued upon entering a multiple item transaction.

2. In a machine of the class described, the com-' bination of transaction keys, a manipulative device, a normally disabled check issuing means, means to render the checkissuing mean"seffective including an interponent movable into effective or ineffective position, means adjusted under control of the transaction keys'to determine the position of the-interponent, and means ad} justed directly by the manipulativedevicefl prior to a machine operationto move the-interponent into effective position, whereby the check issuing means issues a check whenever "the machine is operated with the manipulative device operated.

3. In a machine of the class described, in combination with transaction keys, a control key, a check issuing means including a feed roller adjustable into and out of feeding position,-and--a of the transaction keys, of an eccentric bearing for said feed roller; connections to rotate the ec- '50.; mutilated disk differentially set under control centric bearing to move the-feedroller into and out of feeding position; a cam operable one rotation for each'machine operation; an inter,-

ponent operable by the cam during each machine operation; means set under control :of: the muti-' lated disk to move the interponent either into or out of cooperating relation. with the said. connections; and means between the control key and the interponent todirectly readjust. the interponent when the interponent set out ofcooperating relation with said connections to 'move the interponent into cooperating relation with said connections, whereby the feedroller is moved into the feeding position by the cam, to cause a check to be issued when said mutilateddisk p,O'.-'l

mally disabled check feeding mechanism including a feed roller, and an adjustable bearing for 1 said feed roller to adjust the feed roller into. and out of feeding positiomof means operable during every machine operation, said means capable of adjusting the bearing into position to adjust the feed roller into feeding position; means set under control of the transaction keys to control the effectiveness of the first-named means; a manipulative device; and means adjusted directly by the manipulative device to supersede the control of the transaction keys over the first-named means whereby the said feed roller is set to issue a check, said last-named means being operated prior to the machine operation.

5. In a machine of the class described, in combination with a transaction bank of keys, a check feeding mechanism including a feed roller, and a cam disk adjustable under control of said transaction keys, of a movable support for said feed roller to move the feed roller into and out of feeding position; moving means for the support; means adjustable by the cam disk as controlled by the transaction keys for controlling the moving means to thereby control the effectiveness of the check feeding mechanism; a special key; a bar operated directly by the special key; and connections between the bar and the control means to render the moving means efiective to cause the check feeding mechanism to operate when the special key is depressed.

FRANZ RANGLACK. 

